What the hell. I was hoping that this wouldn't hit Hacker News and was satisfied until I woke up this morning. :p
I'm actually slightly embarrassed that this is on Hacker News right now.
I'm actually slightly embarrassed that this is on Hacker News right now.
I'm embarrassed because there is a disproportionality between {interesting things that I do} and {dumb things that I do that somehow get a ton of press} and I feel like doing the stuff in the latter category (and getting publicized about it on HN) bins me in a category of people who do trivial and noninteresting things.
And I'm embarrassed because an article about PG is currently second to this one.
I don't hate publicity. I only do when it's for stuff like this and it's on HN, which I think should be for more intelligent news than this.
Mark, you've got a star over your head. That's a great thing to have and this kind of thing is something that comes with it, so start learning not to sweat it.
Personally I found what you did to be hilarious and a perfect example of justice and (quite possibly) the best deterrent for this criminal to change his ways.